About the Project
An exploration through action research of communication
artefacts produced by the institution and the artist
teacher to inform and support student learning. The
researcher is Kayla Parker, an artist film-maker and, at
the time of this project, was a 0.4 lecturer in animation
and film arts at Plymouth College of Art and Design, UK.
The communication artefacts produced by the institution are
the 2006 - 2007 student handbook and the summer term 2007
timetable for the first year of the Foundation Degree in
Animation and Creative Media course; the new communication
artefacts are study support materials produced by Kayla
Parker.
The Art of Conversation site was set up to
disseminate study support materials produced by Kayla
Parker as a subjective response in the form of an online
scrapbook/diary or weblog to the theme of each week's
teaching session for the first year Foundation Degree in
Animation and Creative Media character design and animation
module. The character weblog link is
in the sidebar to the right. The Art of
Conversation project site was regularly updated
from April to June 2007, during which time data
collection took place. I’ve archived the site here
under ‘other projects’. The blog was structured into 7
categories that corresponded to the theme of the
weekly teaching session for the first 7 weeks of the
character design and animation module: portraits,
stereotypes, animals, environment, originals,
movement, and merchandise.
The Art of Conversation website was designed and
constructed by Kayla Parker for the module LTHE 532
Development Project, part of coursework for a Postgraduate
Certificate in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education at
Plymouth University 2007.
Feedback
Please send me your comments to my email address or by following the
feedback link. I will keep a copy
of your feedback and contact details for reference
purposes.
Hyperlinks
If you wish to create a link to the Art of Conversation
site, I am happy for you to do so: please email me with details.
Referencing
Parker, K. (2007) Art of conversation (website)
Plymouth UK: Plymouth College of Art and Design, Plymouth
University, and Sundog Media. Available: http://www.kaylaparker.co.uk/other_projects/art_of_conversation/aoc_index.html